Sad, sad news

    A stampede occurred during one of the last rites of the holy pilgrimage. During the popular rite known as "stoning the devil", about 700 people have been confirmed dead and over 800 injured.

     In the stampede that occurred on Thursday, the pilgrims were walking towards the largest pillar when there was a sudden surge in the crowd causing a large number of the crowd to fall.
Watch video below.

Image and video courtesy CNN

Mama goes home

The Matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, popularly known as "HID Awolowo" is dead.


She passed away today Saturday September 19,2015 at 99 years.Her 100th birthday was scheduled for November 25,2015

HID was until her death the chairman of Nigeria’s foremost newspaper, Nigerian Tribune. 

Pretty please

I'm so sorry people for the long break. I couldn't help it. We'll have regular updates henceforth.

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This is pure wickedness

A former postman who split from his wife after bagging a £128m EuroMillions jackpot has reportedly splashed £2m on horses and stables for his 28-year-old fiancée.
Adrian Bayford, 44 - who pocked Britain's second biggest ever lottery win in 2012 - is understood to have bought Samantha Burbidge at least TEN horses.

He is also reportedly to have bought Miss Burbidge, who is 16 years younger than him, a 35-acre 'arena' worth £1.5m together with horseboxes.

 Father-of-two Mr Bayford split from his wife Gillian, 41, in 2013, after landing the windfall.

He reportedly met Miss Burbidge in a pub and proposed to her while they holidayed in the Maldives.
She move into his £6m Grade II-listed country mansion.

Miss Burbidge left her job as head groom of a stables in Thurlow, Suffolk, after meeting Bayford

A friend of Mr Bayford was quoted as telling The Sun:

"I heard from people at the pub that Adrian had bought as many as 20 horses for her.

his new lover

with his wife on the day of the win

Culled from Uk Mirror

Skin whitening creams banned in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast has banned skin-whitening creams, because of fears they cause lasting damage to health.
The health ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

“Cosmetic lightening and hygiene creams ... that depigment the skin ... are now forbidden,

The ban affects whitening creams and lotions containing mercury and its derivatives, cortisone, vitamin A or more than two percent hydroquinine, a lightening agent that is used to develop photographs.

According to Guardian UK, Elidje Ekra, a dermatologist at the Treichville university hospital in Abidjan said

“In our cultures, some people think women with light skin are the most beautiful. This beauty standard ... pushes many girls to depigment their skin.What we see in the media is the lighter one’s skin is, the better one’s life,While the craze is most widespread among women, some men use the creams too,

Jim Iyke the water entrepreneur p

Jim Iyke has officially delved into business.Alongside his partner ,Henry, they just launched their bottled water brand "Burgeon' table water.According to Jim, the first delivery vans left the factory today and he is so proud as this is a dream come true..

Oh no! Newly wed dubbed ugliest bride by her wedding photographer

A bride and groom were left shocked after a wedding photographer posted their photo on facebook and dubbed her ""Ugliest bride I have ever photographed. Winged the whole time. Bridezilla #1"

Lee Maxwell Judd uploaded a picture of 30-year-old Ashlea Howard with her husband Daniel Howard with the unpleasant caption..The bizarre comment provoked a furious social media backlash,as his followers slammed him .


 But the photographer who apologized has since claimed he didn't post the insults and that his account had been hacked...He wrote

 "Apologies to all concerned. My FB was compromised by a computer hack yesterday evening."
"Seems the hacking has generated an overload of new likes, leads and clients.
Hackers I won't be pressured to take down this page on your account."

Sexy Motherhood with Ciara

In celebration of Mothers day, Ciara shared this stunning pic with her son, Future Jr..She makes motherhood look so sexy!

Tonto Dike kiss dolphin in new photos while on vacation with Mr X

 Tonto Dikeh who is vacationing in Ghana with her Malaysian based boo, Mr X shared more adorable kissing photos with a dolphin..
More below

This Woman Has Only 10 Days Left Until Giving Birth. So Where Is Her Baby Bump?

Un-be-lievable.

VOYA FINANCIALApr 10, 2015

 A Plus is a media company dedicated to publishing stories that promote positive change in people's lives and in the world.

Welcoming a newborn into this world is a huge and exciting step in every parent's life. Picking a name, shopping for baby stuff...

... filling their room with adorable toys. And that's exactly what this mama-to-be did. But there was still something out of the ordinary about her pregnancy.

Yup, that's the physique of a woman who is 39 weeks pregnant.

Sarah Stage, a professional Elite model, became a viral sensation last month when the Internet discovered her svelte Instagrams.

Her toned abs and incredibly small baby bump got the entire online community wondering how it was possible (and if it was healthy).

This is Stage at 9 months and 37 weeks.

After facing criticism for her allegedly "too fit" body, Stage confirmed she and the baby are healthy.

Stage says she gained about 20 pounds, and, according to specialists, that's "exactly where she needs to be at this stage in her pregnancy."

"The fact that she looks skinny on Instagram does not mean her baby growth is restricted or too small. It has nothing to do [with] if you can see her muscles if her uterus is the perfect size and she has gained an amount of weight, that is acceptable," Dr. Jennifer Ashton told ABC News.

According to midwife sonographer Chrissie Hammonds, "there are plenty of reasons that a healthy baby may appear small."

"It could be that there isn't much fluid around your baby. This may make your bump appear smaller, even if your baby is the right size. The position your baby's lying in, and your own height, shape and tummy muscles can all affect the measurement too," Hammonds writes in her Babycentre Q&A column. 

Basically, a pregnant woman's body is between her and her doctor. No one else.

As for us, we just hope to see baby James and the happy mama working out together soon.

(H/T: ABC News, Babycentre)

Ebola again???? SCARY!!!!!!

Dr. Ian Crozier who became ill and later survived  

Ebola after working in an Ebola treatment ward in Sierra Leone as a volunteer for the World Health Organization is back to the hospital and Ebola Virus is said to be lurking in his eyes and turned it from blue to green color.

According to New York Times, Dr Ian was released from Emory University Hospital in October after a long, brutal fight with Ebola that nearly ended his life, his medical team thought he was cured. But less than two months later, he was back at the hospital with fading sight, intense pain and soaring pressure in his left eye.

So Dr. Steven Yeh, an ophthalmologist, pierced Dr. Crozier’s eye with a hair-thin needle, drew a few drops of fluid from its inner chamber and sent them to the lab. The results came as a shock.

Test results were chilling: The inside of Dr. Crozier’s eye was teeming with Ebola Virus that had replicated inside his eyes.

His doctors were amazed. They had considered the possibility that the virus had invaded his eye, but they had not really expected to find it because by the time he left Emory Hospital last October, his blood was Ebola-free. 

Although the virus may persist in semen for months, other body fluids were thought to be clear of it once a patient recovered. Almost nothing was known about the ability of Ebola to lurk inside the eye.

Despite the infection within his eye, Dr. Crozier’s tears and the surface of his eye were virus-free, so he posed no risk to anyone who had casual contact with him.

8 year old boy smuggled in suitcase from Morocco to Spain

An eight-year-old boy, Abou, from Ivory Coast who was smuggled into Spain from Morocco in a suitcase has been caught on a Spanish civil guard border security checkpoint between Morocco and Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta on Thursday.

 The boy was discovered after a suitcase carried by a 19-year-old lady arriving Ceuta, a Spanish enclave next to Morocco, was passed through the scanning machine. 

When the Spanish police opened the case, they found the boy in a "terrible state", a spokesman for the Guardia Civil told AFP.

A Spanish newspaper, El Pais, reported that the 19-year-old is not related to the boy, and was paid by the boy's father who lives in the Canary Islands to carry the suitcase, hoping to be reunited with his son.

It was gathered that the boy's father, also named Abou, had travelled back to Ivory Coast to pick him up, having moved to Gran Canaria in 2013.

The father then reportedly paid the Moroccan courier to carry the suitcase. 

"She seemed to hesitate, and it looked as though she didn't want to come through the border. At first we thought that there could be drug packages, but gradually discovered that it was a human body," a police spokesman said.

The boy's father travelled across the border an hour-and-a-half after his son and was immediately detained by border guards.

Source : BBC

Very funny

A Miami man, Daniel Sion Palmer, 26, man was recently arrested after authorities say he robbed a man at gunpoint, took off running and returned moments later to complain that the stolen goods were fake.

The incident happened about 3 a.m. when Palmer allegedly pointed a gun at a man from New York, grabbed his gold chain and then took off.
Police say Palmer apparently was not satisfied with his freshly stolen jewelry, and so he approached the victim again a block away, just so he could tell him the jewelry was fake.

“That was a brazen move and because of that he was able to be apprehended,” Det. Ernesto Rodriguez said.

The victim was able to flag police down and point out Palmer, who was now driving a Mercedes. Investigators say he sped disregarding the police officers who had turned on their lights and sirens, he was eventually apprehended and arrested.

He has since been charged with armed robbery, fleeing and eluding, reckless driving and possession of a suspended license, police said.

Miss Zimbabwe and nude- ish

A year after her predecessor quit over a similar scandal, Miss Zimbabwe 2015 could be stripped of her crown over online photos that allegedly show her posing nude.

Pageant officials said they were investigating Emily Kachote, 25, who won the Miss Zimbabwe pageant on  April 26th, 2015 after the photos surfaced on the Web.

Miss Zimbabwe  Trust  spokesperson Tendai Chirau  recently said  they were  conducting investigations  into the  allegations,  but indicated  that if  the allegations  were proved  true, the queen  would be  dethroned.

“Regulation  5 for  Miss World  Zimbabwe Trust, which  conforms to  the  one stipulated  by Miss World, states  that professional or socially  in all forms  of media  posing nude, being in a relationship , sexual  advances towards  anyone and any behavior categorized  as immoral by Miss Zimbabwe Trust is grounds for instant disqualification and/or dethronement,” Chirau said.

“Delegates  must maintain  a high  standard of  moral and  ethical behavior  which in  no way reflects negatively  upon Miss World Zimbabwe and Miss World Trust.  All the 57 models who went into the boot camp signed a form with this information saying they had never done it.”

Chirau said when they conducted the auditions across the country’s provinces, the aspiring contestants were told not to participate in the pageant  if they  had ever  posed nude.

Kachote, who would compete at this year’s Miss World finals, told Zimbabwe’s H-Metro tabloid that she had suspected “these pictures” would emerge but “it happened a long time ago.”

She referred to a date with a man, saying, “We had some drinks, and I had no control over everything that happened that night. I no longer have anything to do with the guy.”

She's is 65 and pregnant with quadruplets that will make her children 17 in number. WOW!!!!

 A 65-year-old Berlin woman who already has 13
children is pregnant again with quadruplets,
Germany's RTL broadcaster reported Sunday.
The Russian and English teacher's pregnancy
follows several attempts abroad at artificial
insemination over the last year-and-a-half,
according to the private TV channel.
The woman, Annegret Raunigk, decided to try to
have another child because her youngest
daughter, who is nine, wanted a little brother or
sister, the channel said on its website.
It said it would broadcast an interview with the
expectant mother, who has seven grandchildren,
on Monday evening and plans to track her
through the pregnancy and afterwards.
It said the pregnancy had so far been without
any major complications and that if everything
went well, the babies were due in the summer
and that Raunigk would be the world's oldest
mother of quadruplets.
Mass circulation newspaper Bild am Sonntag
reported the four-baby pregnancy on its front-
page, quoting the prospective mother-of-17,
whose oldest daughter is reportedly 44, recalling
the moment doctors broke the news.
"Certainly that was a shock for me.
"After the doctor discovered there were four, I
had to give it some thought to begin with.
"On the scan it was just clear to see," Bild
quoted her as saying, adding however she had
not considered it an option to reduce the number
of embryos.
At a time when other women her age are
preparing to slow down and take things easier,
Raunigk indicated she had no reservations about
the challenges ahead.
"I'm not actually afraid. I simply assume I'll
remain healthy and fit. In matters of
organisation I have enough experience, that's not
new for me," she said.
Asked about moral doubts, RTL quoted her as
asking: "How does one have to be at 65? One
must apparently always fit some cliches which I
find rather tiring.
"I think, one must decide that for oneself."
Her gynaecologist, Kai Hertwig, was quoted on
the RTL website ahead of Monday's broadcast as saying that quadruple

 pregnancies were always a strain but that everything was currently
going well.
The biggest risk for the babies is being born
prematurely and doctors are doing all they can
to prevent that, the gynaecologist added.
Raunigk made headlines 10 years ago too, when
she gave birth to her 13th child, Lelia, at the age
of 55.
"At first, I only wanted one child," Bild quoted her
as saying at the time. "Not all were planned. But
then things happen. I'm not a planner but rather
spontaneous. And children keep me young." culled

Just for laughs

The Easter Celebration just ended though dry in my area.

Let's lighten up a little with these pictures.

The General that beat all odds to be the President of Nigeria

General Mohammodu Buhari, a former military President defied opposition and beat the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan to be the President elect in an election considered to be free and fair in March 2015

You won't believe she's the one!!!! OMG

Ace actress Eucharia Anuobi looks not just stunning but also different in new pictures

The former actress had a professional make-up artist work on her face for her appearance at the GEJ event yesterday. Please stick with this make-up. Stunning!

Sweet Mother! See the women behind your favourite celebs

To celebrate mothers day yesterday 15th March 2015, some of your Favourite Nigerian celebs posted pics of their mums on their handles.......

Here are collaged pics of celebs and mums.

Enjoy

Sasha looks like a replica of her mum and Ini's mother is so beautiful.